3rd Grade Links and Awesome Sites

Multiplication

Weather
INTERACTIVES

• Interactive Weather Maker - http://www.scholastic.com/kids/weather/ Change conditions to make snow, rain, etc.
• EdHeads Weather Interactive - http://www.edheads.org/activities/weather/ Learn how to report and predict weather.

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Scholastic Weather Watch - http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/ Lots of good information.
• Forces of Nature - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/ Covers volcanoes, hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes.
• Web Weather for Kids - http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/ Covers clouds, hurricanes, tornadoes, thunderstorms, blizzards, and winter weather.

PHOTOS AND GLOSSARY

• NOAA Photo Library - http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/collections.html
• BBC WeatherWise - http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/weatherwise/ Lots of great resources from this page. Also has a good glossary.

Electricity

ELECTRICITY SAFETY

• Electricity Safety - http://www.safeelectricity.org/esw_v1_1/index.html

ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION AND TRANSMISSION

• Producing Electricity - http://www.safeelectricity.org/esw_v1_1/science/producing.html
• Where Electricity Comes From - http://www.dukesafety.com/schools/kids/electric/html/kids1b.html
• Wind Power Animation - http://www.energysavers.gov/your_home/electricity/index.cfm/mytopic=10501
• How Electricity Gets to Your Home - http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=electricity_in_the_united_states-basics#electricity_delivery-basics
• Electricity Travels Through Conductors - http://www.dukesafety.com/schools/kids/electric/html/kids1c.html

ELECTRICITY USAGE

• Energy Efficiency - http://www.safeelectricity.org/esw_v1_1/science/efficiency.html
• Using and Saving Energy - http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=3

LIGHT BULBS

• Edison's Light bulb - http://www.fi.edu/learn/sci-tech/edison-lightbulb/edison-lightbulb.php?cts=electricity
• GELighting Videos - http://www.gelighting.com/na/videos-media/
• Edison for Kids - http://www.nps.gov/edis/forkids/index.htm
• Edison Invents - http://invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/edison/
• How Light Bulbs Work - http://home.howstuffworks.com/light-bulb.htm

BATTERIES

• Energizer Battery Information - http://www.energizer.com/learning-center/Pages/facts-history-care.aspx
• Changing Circuits - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/physical_processes/changing_circuits/read1.shtml
• AC/DC: What's the Difference - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/edison/sfeature/acdc.html

STATIC ELECTRICITY

• Static Electricity (scroll down for the I Can Read) - http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/static.html
• Theater of Electricity - http://www.mos.org/sln/toe/toe.html
• Weather Wiz Kids Lightning - http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-lightning.htm